Overview
- World Boxing named a two-candidate slate with Greece’s Mariolis Charilaos opposing the Kazakh former champion.
- Delegates will choose a successor to founder Boris van der Vorst on November 23 at the Congress in Rome.
- The federation received provisional IOC recognition in February, leaving full recognition still to be secured for future Games.
- Golovkin serves as president of Kazakhstan’s National Olympic Committee and has chaired World Boxing’s Olympic Commission since 2024.
- The next leader faces governance tests, including backlash over mandatory sex testing that prompted a public apology, plus rivalry from the still-operational IBA.